The ultimate sacrifice and demonstration of loveMichael Reardon
''This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me." (Lk 22:19) Memorial Day weekend is an important day to reflect on the meaning of sacrifice. Although this holiday has ...
Two tips to learn how to criticize like a ChristianDavid Mills
Some years ago, a priest sent me occasional criticism of something I'd written. He tended to pick at small points. We'd had dinner a couple of times and were friendly, and I eventually responded ...
John Paul II's 'Centesimus Annus' and today's debatesGeorge Weigel
In a recent article on the social doctrine of John Paul II in the Jesuit journal La CiviltÀ Cattolica, Father Fernando de la Iglesia Viguiristi, SJ, had this to say about one facet of John Paul's ...
The conversion of Episcopal minister William Henry HoytViolet Hurst
On May 21, 1848 -- 175 years ago next week -- Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick dined with William Henry Hoyt, a former Episcopal minister who had recently converted to Catholicism. William Henry Hoyt ...
More than ever, we need diocesan news mediaGreg Erlandson
When my wife bought a Subaru a few years ago, we not only got a car. We also received a company magazine called "Drive." Subaru is trying to use a "membership magazine" to build a relationship with us ...
God save us all!Bishop David M. O’Connell
I was one of the millions who woke up in the early hours of Saturday morning to watch the historic coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Although I proudly acknowledge my Irish ancestry, I ...
Ike's insightGeorge Weigel
Three days before Christmas 1952 and a month before his inauguration as the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Freedoms Foundation at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. ...
The court and the sabbathRussell Shaw
Both the extent and the limitations of the Supreme Court's power are visible in a pending case raising the question of how far employers must go to accommodate employees' religion. Underlying ...
On not being paralyzed by history (or the misunderstanding thereof)George Weigel
TRIGGER WARNING: The next few sentences will upset some of you. There is a case to be made that the United States lost the Vietnam War -- or, at the very least, that the war's military endgame ...
Come out of the world: A fictional sermonDr. R. Jared Staudt
"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." "Here he goes again," Frank thought, ...
